2012 Critics' Choice Awards Winners

Best Picture

WINNER
The Artist (2011)

Other Nominees:

The Descendants (2011)
Drive (2011)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
The Help (2011)
Hugo (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Moneyball (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
War Horse (2011)

Best Action Movie

WINNER
Drive (2011)

Other Nominees:
Fast Five (2011)
Hanna (2011)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
Super 8 (2011)

Best Comedy Movie

WINNER
Bridesmaids (2011)

Other Nominees:
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
The Muppets (2011)

Best Foreign Language Film

WINNER
A Separation (2011)

Other Nominees:
In Darkness (2011)
Le Havre (2011)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
Where Do We Go Now? (2011)

Best Actor

WINNER
George Clooney for The Descendants (2011)

Other Nominees:

Leonardo DiCaprio for J. Edgar (2011)
Jean Dujardin for The Artist (2011)
Michael Fassbender for Shame (2011)
Ryan Gosling for Drive (2011)
Brad Pitt for Moneyball (2011)

Best Actress

WINNER
Viola Davis for The Help (2011)

Other Nominees:
Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton for We Need to Talk About Kevin
Charlize Theron for Young Adult
Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn

Best Supporting Actor

WINNER
Christopher Plummer for Beginners (2010)

Other Nominees:
Kenneth Branagh for My Week with Marilyn (2011)
Albert Brooks for Drive (2011)
Nick Nolte for Warrior (2011)
Patton Oswalt for Young Adult (2011)
Andy Serkis for Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Best Supporting Actress

WINNER
Octavia Spencer for The Help (2011)

Other Nominees:
Bérénice Bejo for The Artist (2011)
Jessica Chastain for The Help (2011)
Melissa McCarthy for Bridesmaids (2011)
Carey Mulligan for Shame (2011)
Shailene Woodley for The Descendants (2011)

Best Director

WINNER
Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011)

Other Nominees:
Stephen Daldry for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Alexander Payne for The Descendants (2011)
Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive (2011)
Martin Scorsese for Hugo (2011/II)
Steven Spielberg for War Horse (2011)

Best Animated Feature

WINNER
Rango (2011)

Other Nominees:
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Puss in Boots (2011)

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER
Midnight in Paris (2011): Woody Allen

Other Nominees:
The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius
50/50 (2011): Will Reiser
Win Win (2011): Thomas McCarthy, Joe Tiboni
Young Adult (2011): Diablo Cody

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER
Moneyball (2011): Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin

Other Nominees:
The Descendants (2011): Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011): Eric Roth
The Help (2011): Tate Taylor
Hugo (2011/II): John Logan

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)

Other Nominees:
Buck (2011)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)
Project Nim (2011)
Undefeated (2011)

Best Visual Effects

WINNER
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

Other Nominees:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Hugo (2011/II)
Super 8 (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)

Best Editing

WINNER
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Other Nominees:
The Artist (2011): Michel Hazanavicius, Anne-Sophie Bion
Drive (2011): Matthew Newman
Hugo (2011/II): Thelma Schoonmaker
War Horse (2011): Michael Kahn

Best Art Direction

WINNER
Hugo (2011/II): Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo

Other Nominees:
The Artist (2011): Laurence Bennett, Gregory S. Hooper
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011): Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
The Tree of Life (2011): Jack Fisk, David Crank
War Horse (2011): Rick Carter, Lee Sandales

Best Costume Design

WINNER
The Artist (2011): Mark Bridges

Other Nominees:
The Help (2011): Sharen Davis
Hugo (2011/II): Sandy Powell
Jane Eyre (2011): Michael O'Connor
My Week with Marilyn (2011): Jill Taylor

Best Makeup

WINNER
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Other Nominees:
Albert Nobbs (2011)
The Iron Lady (2011)
J. Edgar (2011)
My Week with Marilyn (2011)

Best Cinematography

WINNER
The Tree of Life (2011): Emmanuel Lubezki
War Horse (2011): Janusz Kaminski

Other Nominees:
The Artist (2011): Guillaume Schiffman
Drive (2011): Newton Thomas Sigel
Hugo (2011/II): Robert Richardson

Best Acting Ensemble

WINNER
The Help (2011)

Other Nominees:
The Artist (2011)
Bridesmaids (2011)
The Descendants (2011)
The Ides of March (2011)

Best Score

WINNER
The Artist (2011): Ludovic Bource

Other Nominees:
Drive (2011): Cliff Martinez
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Hugo (2011/II): Howard Shore
War Horse (2011): John Williams

Best Song

WINNER
The Muppets (2011): Bret McKenzie("Life's a Happy Song")

Other Nominees:
Gnomeo & Juliet (2011): Elton John, Bernie Taupin("Hello Hello")
The Help (2011): Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman, Harvey Mason Jr.("The Living Proof")
The Muppets (2011): Bret McKenzie("Man or Muppet")
The Muppets (2011): Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman("Pictures in My Head")

Best Sound

WINNER
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

Other Nominees:
Hugo (2011/II)
Super 8 (2011)
The Tree of Life (2011)
War Horse (2011)

Best Young Actor/Actress

WINNER
Thomas Horn for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

Other Nominees:
Asa Butterfield for Hugo (2011/II)
Elle Fanning for Super 8 (2011)
Ezra Miller for We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
Saoirse Ronan for Hanna (2011)
                                                                                   Shailene Woodley for The Descendants (2011)